Playing Neko Nights is tough. We spend most our time watching and waiting … and waiting … for a feature to drop. The gameplay is actually very simple. There are three features to look out for – wilds, scatters and DD symbols.
Of the three the one that showed up most, but still rarely, was the wild.
Wilds drop in on reels 2, 3 and 4 in the shape of a fish. When they land, they get chomped by the lucky cat at the top of the reel they land on, increasing its multiplier value by 1x before a re-spin ensues. The multipliers at the top of each reel will be applied to any wild that appears on a winline that passes through that reel. Where more than one wild is included in the line, the multipliers themselves are multiplied together.
When more wilds land on a re-spin, then another is granted and the process repeats. In theory you could build three nice multipliers, one on each middle reel, in this way and score some big wins. In reality, over around 200 spins we landed just 4 wilds and on every occasion only 1 re-spins resulted.
So, what about the free spins?
We unlocked this once as well. Scatters come in the form of gold coins and three are required to trigger the round with 8 spins. The gameplay is enhanced somewhat so if you get lucky enough to land a wild during free spins as any multipliers collected will remain throughout the round.
Free Spins unlocked and 8 spins grantedThis could set up a thrilling bonus round where free spins and re-spins play out relentlessly, with increasing multiplier wilds, re-spin after re-spin, and with the chance of adding extra spins every time another scatter lands too.
That wasn’t quite reality for us. We did get 2 wilds during the spins, but on both occasions only 1 re-spin resulted and a total win of 18x for the round.
An 18x win from free spins round in Neko NightsThe conclusion you can draw at this stage is that Neko Nights is a ruthlessly volatile slot that is very tough to break down. It’s no surprise when you consider as well that the 12% jackpot contribution will also be affecting payouts in the normal game rounds.
So that brings us to the Dream Drop event itself.
To get a crack at this you first need to be given a Jackpot Spin. This happens at random and a new reel set appears. Only blanks and DD symbols land for one spin and you need five DDs to trigger the jackpot game.
Unfortunately, we only got four!! But here is how it might have played out …
Dream Drop plays out on another 5×5 grid. Each reel represents one of the jackpots and a series of spins takes place. Again, only DD symbols and blanks land. Eventually, one of the reels will be filled with DD symbols. When this happens, the relevant jackpot is triggered.
Here are the JPs, reel heights and seed values for each jackpot:
- Rapid (Seeded at £1) – 2 DD symbols
- Midi (Seeded at £5) – 2 DD symbols
- Maxi (Seeded at £100) – 4 DD symbols
- Major (Seeded at £25,000 )– 5 DD symbols
- Mega (Seeded at £1,000,000*) – 6 DD symbols
*The seed value for the Mega Jackpot started at £500,000. It increases by £500,000 after every second win. This will continue until it reaches a maximum of £10,000,000.
And that is Neko Nights Dream Drop!
